Back in 1969 a book called On Death and Dying presented this idea that people mourn loss in five stages or states of being (the Kübler-Ross model – thanks, Wiki!) that includes (1) denial, (2) anger, (3) bargaining / negotiation, (4) depression, and finally (5) acceptance. Basically, the idea is that humans experience feelings of loss – loved …
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Five-figure student loan right here. [Shrug.] At this point debt is like breathing – be more surprised if it all came to a sudden stop. Like many people, or some people, or a few people, or maybe just me (heh) I stopped and started more than once with the whole educational/career-direction/findwayfeedself experience. And – as …
The Fair Issac Corporation has helpfully offered to accumulate everyone’s personal spending data and then rate you on how you debt (i.e., “creditworthiness” … are you worthy? I thought not). Based on my in-depth research of FICO scores, and the analytical synergies of the dynamic interface, I discovered that this, too, is some nonsense. I …
sometimes life can be such an interruption OK back to regular programming- Yes, the funk of the debt monkey is pungent, and my personal Gorilla of Foolishness definitely has a … tang. Still, I don’t really mind the smell and, at this stage, don’t even flinch. However … nevertheless … despite … due to … …
{Prov. 22:7} I distinctly remember the first time I fed my debt monkey. I already had one — see: student loans – but it was small and cute and furry and could eat very little over a very long time. But … I wanted my debt monkey to grow. And grow. And grow. Now, I …
Save a little. Spend a little. Shelter a little from the storm. Somewhere amongst and amidst these pages I mentioned that both Half and I are products of divorce, and also that Half’s money marriage is loving and supportive, with a debt monkey trained extremely well. As a matter of fact, Half’s debt monkey is …
The quickest way to get out of debt is to die. No plans for that – GOD! may decide otherwise but otherwise keep it moving (grins stoopitly) – so guess I’m going to have to put in some work. But the Lord knows me very well – He knows I’m slow but He also made …
Ever wondered how a little piece of magical plastic that enables massive amounts of crippling debt ended up benamed – “credit card”? Like: Here, have some credit. It’s good for you. And it can be. Until it isn’t. Which is where the collective individual “we” are. Steps … so many steps … A big part …
There’s a YouTube channel – debtmonkeytv – truly hateful viewing (even for me) with plenty of English distain and lots of cockney mocking — “Hi I’m Ben and I’m the Debt Monkey!” (so happy) … BTW don’t bother; life is short enough as it is, no need to waste it on that—and I’m 97% sure …
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How, exactly, did I get here? Boredom and indifference. And inattention. Now settled; moving on. Mentioned earlier that my debt portfolio began at 18; that’s when I ran away and joined the Credit Circus, and got my very own debt monkey. The Credit Circus – that magical trick of modern life, where we get …
